Wire-fence twister



(No Model.)

J. A. SHUTZ. WIRE FENCE TWISTER.

No. 598,162. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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JOHN A. SI-IUTZ, or RICHMOND, INDIANA.

WIRE-FENCE TWISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,162, dated February 1, 1898. Application filed June 3, 1897. Serial No. 639,362. {No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. SHUTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fence Twisters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wire-twisters, and has a specific reference tohand operative machines for twisting the cross-wires to the lateral wires of a fence.

The object of said invention is to provide a simple and efficient implement for doing such work and one the cost of which is reduced to a minimum.

To these ends the invention consists of parts and their structural features, as hereinafter fully described in the specification and pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Preliminary to the specification, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a wire fence, showing the twister as having completed the twist of the cross-wire around the third line-wire. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the twister. Fig. 3 is a detached elevation of the holding device which retains the wires for the initial twist. Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the holding-plates for supporting the lower line-wires and the crosswire for the initial twist around said lower wires.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the twister, this consists of a face-plate 1, a twisting-head 2, both of which have an opening 3 from their centers to their peripheries, which are in line when the head is in position, and in which the line-wires 4 and the cross-wire 5 are placed to be twisted. The head 2 is attached to the face-plate by means of screws 6, so that said twisting-head may be removed and replaced with a twisterhead having a larger or smaller slot and therefore suited for twisting a larger or smaller wire. The face-plate 1 has three or more arms or handles 7 projecting laterally and rearwardly from its opposite face, by means of which the twister is operated by the hands, both. hands being employed at the same time to rotate the implement.

8 designates a dog fulcru med on the outer end of a bearing 9, that projects from the face-plate 1. This dog is held normally across the slot in the twister, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, by means of a coil-spring 10, that surrounds the bearing 9 and has one end attached to said dog and the other end attached to the face-plate, as shown. In the dotted position the dog holds the wires within the slot while the twister is being turned.

Thus far I'have described the structural features of the twister. It will be noted that the frame, consisting of the face-plate 1 and the laterally-extended arms or handles 7, may

support twister-heads of different capacities simply by replacing one head with another. This is easily done, as hereinbefore described.

Therefore the said frame is adapted to a general use on any size of wire.

11 designates a movable post or upright which is used to hold and support the wires during the twisting. This post is of suitable length to reach from the surface of the ground to a point above the top line-wire. The uppermost wire, as shown in Fig. 1, represents the top line-wire.

21 is a spacing-rod connected to the upper end of the post and provided with a hook on its lower end. The distance between each vertical line of twisted wire is uniformly measured by this spacing-rod.

12 designates a holding-plate rigidly attached to the inner sideof the post adjacent to the top and provided with a slot 13, in which the wires are held in a relative position while being twisted.

14 is a pivotal dog which projects across th slot 13, similar to the dog shown in Fig. 2, to hold the wires in said slot. This dog 14 is mounted on an eccentric 15, which is in turn mounted on a lug 16, that projects from the plate 12. 17 designates a handle or fingerpiece extending from said eccentric, and by means of which the eccentric is turned, as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 3, to inclose the wires in a fixed inner position. 18 designates a further series of plates, which are rigidly attached to said post in positions to receive the line-wires and support them in the space between two parallel arms 19 and 20. The first named of these arms-to wit, 19is rounded on one side and is somewhat longer than the lower arm 20. When the cross wire is twisted the, desired length around the upper line-wire, the said crosswire is carried downward by the hand diagonally and is bent around the arm 19 and held in position to be twisted around the adjacent line-wire. This operation is repeated until the extreme lower line-wire is reached. The bending of the cross-wire around the arm 19 is rendered easy by making the lower arm 20 shorter.

Having fully described my invention, I

claimtrolled dog movable over the outer face of said head to lock the wires in said slots during the operation of twisting, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a wire-twister, the combination of a frame 'having laterally projecting handles, and a face-plate in which there is a wire-slot extending from the center to the periphery; ahead rigidly mounted on said face-plate and having a similar slot therein in line with the slot in said face-plate; and an eccentric to rigidly hold the Wires during the ,initial twist thereof,substantially as shown and described.

3. A wire-twister comprising a frame having a series of parallel operating-handles; a

face-plate from which said handles project laterally, said face-plate having a slot extending from its center to its periphery; a

twister-head rigidly attached to said face- JOHN A. Sl-IUTZ.

Witnesses:

R. J. MOOARTY, J. O. BOONE. 

